Essendon set a season record for tackles tonight with 107, the first team to crack the century. The next best effort is Collingwood with 94. The Hawks have now lost the tackle count in all six games they've played, which tells you a lot about where they're at.

'Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, 'farewell! Every happiness and prosperity! If, in the progress of revolving years, I could persuade myself that my blighted destiny had been a warning to you, I should feel that I had not occupied another man's place in existence altogether in vain.
- Wilkins Micawber